IPS officer Sadanand Vasant Date took cost as the brand new Director Common of the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) on Sunday. Date was awarded the President’s Police Medal for gallantry for his function in combating terrorists throughout the 2008 Mumbai assaults.
He’s additionally a recipient of the President’s Police Medal for Meritorious Service in 2007 and for Distinguished Service in 2014.
Sadanand Date is a 1990 batch IPS officer of the Maharashtra cadre and succeeded Dinkar Gupta who superannuated on Sunday.
Date had beforehand served because the chief of the Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) in Maharashtra. He was additionally the Police Commissioner of Mira-Bhayandar Vasai Virar, Joint Commissioner Legislation and order and Joint Commissioner Crime Department Mumbai.
Additional, he has served two tenures within the Indian authorities — within the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as Deputy Inspector Common and within the Central Reserve Police Drive (CRPF) as Inspector Common.
